we are not where we were two years ago, not only in spain, but in italy. one of the few countries in the eurozone where the share of international investors, but i think if we were to talk about the flows, we should be looking more at france than spain. >> france has canceled its last two treasury bonds for the year. read anything into that? >> no. i think it's a mert of issuing out the files until next year. and the treasuries overall role in terms of high visibility in terms of revenue streams, so they're just doing the job. i should say the italian treasury here is doing an excellent job over the years. >> the fed is beginning a two-day meeting today. the announcements come together. 12:30 eastern. the fed is expected to lunch a new bond bike program to replace the operation twist that expires at the end of this month, the goal to keep rates low, possibly soften the blow from any risk of the u.s. going over the fiscal cliff. but bernanke did warn last month that the fed couldn't offset that shock. how small is the risk that they don't deliver what credi